So, I started off with a nice run then came back got breakfast, and then got ready for class. This class was in a classroom half the size of my bedroom at home, and there were 10 of us if we included the teacher. Including me, there are 2 girls (except she dropped after today, so it's just me) and, in total, 7 Texas A&M people (now 5, because 2 dropped *female included). The only other FSU person took this class back in Tallahassee, so now he's "in" this class, but is kind of doing his own thing, but still doing visits with us, at a much higher class level (RMI3011 to RMI4045).
So, we went to this museum today and looked at the "risk" behind cultures, my group of 3 had to do ours on Africa...it was an exhibit in the museum. I'm not complaining, at least we get out of the classroom everyday. Mason and Dylan (whose real name is Matthew) were my partners for this project.
The things I learned about the Texas A&M Guys
- This is the first time FSU and TA&M have partnered up for London study abroad
- The only reason they're studying here is because it's required for their major
- The only reason they're in London is because the Germany and Spain study abroad programs were full, so they had to find a way here
- They are all architecture majors, so none of these classes apply to them
- They will all graduate in December
- They do not like Obama
- They do not like Clinton
- They had a teacher from OSU that called soda, "pop" to annoy them :)
- They are really cool people and I enjoy them so much
After class I attempted to go shopping for "business casual" clothes/shoes. This store, Primark, sells the cheapest clothes, shoes, and accessories, so it's always crowded. It's awful quality, but I only needed it to last me 3 days. It took me 45 minutes to find everything I was looking for, and another 45 minutes waiting in line (even though there are 4 floors to check out from) when I decided I would work with what I've got.
At some point I made it to Sainsbury's and got myself steak and french fries for dinner. I've decided to live it up for my last 20 some days here, and it started with dinner. After class and the Primark deal, I just needed something good, so that was it. After dinner JT wanted to go shoe shopping, but by the time we got out, most of the places were closed. In that moment, I suggested we get ice cream, which led to Ben and Jerry's, which brought us to Tesco...which did not have Ben and Jerry's, so that led me to brownies, which led me to brownie batter, which in turn led to me to making brownie batter and eating 3/4 of it tonight.
For our project, we had to meet up to type some stuff out, so it was me and the 5 TA&M guys, that were still in the class, in the computer lab for about 45 minutes and it was great. I just cannot get over the fact that Dean stood up from his chair, and took his hat off just to shake my hand (the dainty way) and tell me his name. I felt honored. And they have a little twing in their accents, it's not too southern, but you can hear it. They made fun of me for saying "Reese's" the way that I do, but they were glad that I did not say 'crick' for creek, or 'warshing' for washing. We had one of those, 'you say it, I say it' competitions. It was great. All of this was going on while Dylan was writing our paper and I was eating brownie batter.
Then we sat with Aleesia and her family in their apartment for a while, which is always a good time. We have a 3 day weekend on the weekend of November 11 and it has already been decided that I'm road tripping it to Charlotte with them and I'm beyond stoked. The sugar rush is real tonight (and for the past 4 hours) and I just have a feeling it's going to be a great end to my first year abroad.
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